Updated Jerry Shay’s Work Journal
I updated great-grandpa Jerry Shay’s work journal notes and transcribed all of the pages. It was a big effort but well worth it.
Continue reading →My Facebook family group pages
My Facebook family group pages provide a place for me to share stories about ancestors and relatives with my many cousins on a site they use every day. I was a little nervous about creating a page at first because … Continue reading →
The Deely Hypothesis
Where was Michael Deely (or Daly) of Limerick, Ireland and father of James Martin Daly (1850-1927) born?
Continue reading →Ancestor Table Charts
I created an ancestor table in Excel for quick reference but I can’t leave well-enough alone so it now has several tabs to help me look at my ancestors in different ways.
Continue reading →Added SSL
Well, I added SSL (HTTPS) to make Google happy. Or happier. It was only mildly traumatic to get the site working again. Now to write something useful.
Continue reading →Where is the Coleman Snook Farm?
In my post, The Really Old Man, I mentioned the Coleman Snook Farm as possible loction for the Matthew Williams farm. I'm not sure where it is though. A cousin thinks the Coleman Snook Farm is on the present-day Sussex County … Continue reading →
Finding Children
Finding children for your ancestors – all of their children – is an important part of telling their story. I don't just look for my direct-line ancestor and ignore the rest; that approach doesn't explain why they made the decisions … Continue reading →
Detective Clarence Daly
Detective Clarence Daly (1885-1926) is part of a collateral line but researching him was fun. A family story said there was a "Clarence Daly" who became a New York City policeman and died on the job. Oddly enough, that family … Continue reading →
The Really Old Man
How do you research a really old man? I mean a really old man. Really old.
Continue reading →1940 Census Codes
The 1940 census includes several census codes or notations that can help researchers learn a little more about their ancestors.
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